Jeff Ma walks past the blackjack tables at the Planet Hollywood casino and grins a little. It wasn't that long ago when, on a good night, he and his buddies could walk away from Vegas with $900,000 in winnings stuffed in a duffel bag. "Sometimes, I do miss it," Ma says, glancing at dealers who eye him as if he's a shoplifter about to shove something in his jacket. "How do you not miss making that much money with a little bit of math?"

Apple has earned a sterling reputation designing beautiful products that usually perform as splendidly as they look. The MacBook Air laptop that CEO Steve Jobs unveiled last week turns heads. And now that I've used this Twiggy-thin, 3-pound marvel for several days, I can also report that it's a remarkably sturdy-feeling machine, especially given its size and weight.

After a detour down folk's dusty roads, Bruce Springsteen is rocking again on E Street. The Boss and his New Jersey band will return Oct. 2 with Magic, an 11-song set recorded with producer Brendan O'Brien in two months earlier this year in Atlanta.

During the course of a single overnight but two bloated hours of screen time a 10-year-old child (Cameron Bright) is subjected first-hand to more acts of violence and depravity than you would hope he'd even have to read about in a lifetime. The movie is Running Scared, and that's entertainment?

Mira Sorvino is a second-generation honorary deputy sheriff. Her father, actor Paul Sorvino, is a longtime friend of Lackawanna County Sheriff John Szymanski, who had sworn in the elder Sorvino as an honorary deputy years ago. On Tuesday, Szymanski administered the oath to Sorvino, who was there with her husband, Chris Backus; their 1-year-old daughter, Mattea Angel; and other family members.